Re: [PATCH][PROPOSAL] Refuse setting toast.* reloptions when TOAST table does not exist

From: Nikolay Shaplov <dhyan(at)nataraj(dot)su>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][PROPOSAL] Refuse setting toast.* reloptions when TOAST table does not exist
Date: 2018-01-23 18:53:24
Message-ID: 4583775.H7fJV3jYc8@x200m
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В письме от 23 января 2018 12:03:50 пользователь Peter Eisentraut написал:

> >>> This patch raises error if user tries o set or change toast.* option for
> >>> a table that does not have a TOST relation.
> >
> > There might be a case for raising a warning in this situation,
> > but I would disagree with making it a hard error in any case.
> > All that's going to accomplish is to break people's scripts and
> > get them mad at you.
>
> It might also be useful to set these reloptions before you add a new
> column to a table.
As Robert have just said, this will not work with current master.

If we, as I've suggested in previous letter, will force TOAST creation if
toast.* option is set, then your use case will also work.

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